Somwang Surname

56,340th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 9,002 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Thailand
Highest density in:
Thailand

Somwang Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Somwang Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Thailand8,9861:7,861360
United States101:36,245,893832,629
Sweden41:2,461,689157,534
Laos11:6,588,3231,961
Vietnam11:92,646,0548,382

Somwang (64,968) may also be a first name.

Somwang Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Somwang Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Somwang has its highest incidence in Thailand. It may be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Somwang? popularity and diffusion

The surname Somwang is the 56,340th most numerous family name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 809,547 people. This surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 100 percent of Somwang live; 100 percent live in Southeast Asia and 100 percent live in Tai-Asia. It is also the 14,812th most frequently occurring first name at a global level. It is borne by 64,968 people.

This last name is most frequently used in Thailand, where it is borne by 8,986 people, or 1 in 7,861. In Thailand Somwang is most common in: Surin Province, where 12 percent reside, Sisaket Province, where 8 percent reside and Yasothon Province, where 7 percent reside. Outside of Thailand it is found in 4 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 0 percent reside and Sweden, where 0 percent reside.

Somwang Last Name Statistics demography

Somwang earn a lot more than the average income. In United States they earn 35.66% more than the national average, earning $58,536 USD per year.

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Somwang
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